2 Corinthians 1:24 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁴ Not that we lord it over your faith; we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ Not that we have dominion [over you] and lord it over your faith, but [rather that we work with you as] fellow laborers [to promote] your joy, for in [your] faith (in your strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God) you stand firm.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁴ Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

Common English Bible

²⁴ It isn’t that we are trying to control your faith, but we are working with you for your happiness, because you stand firm in your faith.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 1:24 Cross References

Matthew 24:49

and begins to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with the drunken,

Romans 1:12

that is, that we may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith, both yours and mine.

Romans 11:20

That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast only through faith. So do not become proud, but stand in awe.

Romans 5:2

Through him we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in our hope of sharing the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 15:1

Now I would remind you, brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which you stand,

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

2 Corinthians 11:20

For you bear it if a man makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 5:7

for we walk by faith, not by sight.

1 Peter 5:3

not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.